Monday’s Quatern:
Come into the temple at
dawn
find the illusive rogue
teacher
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| Paparoa in the morning |
who sits down and begins
to speak
words richocheting thru
the crowds
Pharisees and teachers
of law
come into the temple at
dawn
seeking the troubling
rogue teacher,
woman in tow for his
judgement.
Gathers crowds and
writes in the sand,
infuriating leaders who
come into the temple at
dawn
stones in hand,
overwhelmed by fear.
I hold my breath
watching him stand,
navigating their
challenges.
Testifies, sent by his
Father
come into the temple at
dawn.
Tuesday’s Nonet
it began innocently
enough
changed water to wine at
Cana
fed five thousand on a hill
but he says I am bread
he says I am light
he says “I AM”
echoing
crumbling
stone
Wednesday’s Haynaku
I
am light
for the world
|
my
time has
not yet come
|
you
never will
walk in darkness
|
I
am not
of this world
|
Thursday’s Landay
discovered and dragged
from deception
in dawn’s breaking light
she was damned alone before them
bitterness rising within
her breast
biting her lip till she
tasted blood of the broken
his silence pushed her
beyond the fear
accusations fading to a
silent scratching in the sand
shuddering, blood
pounding in her ears
waiting for judgement to
rain down on her betrayal
still the silent
scratching in the sand
whispering through the
dust rather than gathering stones
Friday’s Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to
a brilliant light,
A light so full that it
casts no shadow
Nor shall I find
darkness, though it be night.
(And still, what shall I
do with my sorrow?)
“Where do you come from?
Where are you going?
These are the questions no
one is asking.
These are the things
they think they are knowing.
If not Galilee, what
needs unmasking?
His light casts their
certainty into shade.
So, swiftly they turn to
frame light as dark.
“Not from Father, but
from demons you wade.”
Cornering, fighting his
words till they spark
within them a rage and
they reach for stone.
He slips into shadows ‘ere
one is thrown.
Saturday haiku
temperature rising
water is not yet running
spring is breaking thru
temperature rising
gathered people now
turning
kingdom breaking through
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